I like hearing and telling stories.
Calgary, Canada
Joined February 2010
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Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun's painting "Indian Residential School, Leaving the Shallow Graves and Going Home" (2022) was commissioned to mark the inaugural National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day to acknowledge the ongoing impact of a painful history.
ALT Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, Indian Residential School, Leaving the Shallow Graves and Going Home, 2022. Acrylic on canvas.
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As seen on @/sarworth's IG, how to support the LGBTQI+ community on Sep 20?
- Attend a counter protest: bit.ly/protestlist
- Donate to local queer organizers
- Write to your reps about the rise in hate and demand action
- See images for more
Jenny Conway Fisher retweeted
“This is just killing me. I don’t sleep. I’ve lost 15 pounds.”
Nearly 46,000 Calgary households can’t afford rent over $1,400 a month. Meanwhile, rents reached a record high in August. @XiMeNaKa reports.
thetyee.ca/News/2023/09/15/C…
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Have you been hearing the headlines around housing affordability in Calgary? Show your support for affordable housing by retweeting this post.
Want to do more than that? Come join us at City Hall on September 14 to show your support for The City of Calgary’s Housing Strategy.
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Oh, no. Sinead, you were right. About all of it. Rest, warrior.
Sinead O’Connor, acclaimed Dublin singer, dies aged 56 irishtimes.com/culture/music…
The optimist in me believes that human-generated creativity will ultimately become more valuable than ever, but will we be able to find it on the AI-saturated internet?
"AI is like an ouroboros, a snake that swallows its tail."
om.co/2023/07/17/ai-internet…
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How’s Truth and Reconciliation going in Canada you ask?
Well Indigenous People’s and Allies here are having to get #SearchTheLandfill trending
If you don’t know why, look into it
That should tell you enough
#MMIWGT2S – at London, Ontario
Jenny Conway Fisher retweeted
To address extreme levels of language enthusiasm, we've applied the following temporary limits:
-Writers, Lyricists, and other Professional Wordsmiths: 6000 definition lookups/day
-Thoughtful Readers and Crossword Puzzlers: 600/day
-Everyday English Speakers: 300/day
Jenny Conway Fisher retweeted
We honour Mitiarjuk's contributions towards education and preservation of Inuit language and culture - today, and every day #NIPD goo.gle/nipd
Jenny Conway Fisher retweeted
#NationalIndigenousHistoryMonth honours the perseverance and courage of trailblazers like Edith Monture, the first Indigenous registered nurse in Canada, a WWI veteran with the US Army Nurse Corps, and the first Indigenous woman to vote in a federal election.
ALT Edith Monture
Jenny Conway Fisher retweeted
Younger vs. Older Alberta
Likelihood to vote in #abvotes and vote choice by age (according to new @abacusdataca poll)
18 to 29: 42% (NDP 57%, UCP 32%)
30 to 44: 68% (NDP 54%, UCP 43%)
45+: 83% (UCP 57%, NDP 40%)
Older Alberta wins when younger Alberta doesn't vote.
Jenny Conway Fisher retweeted
Recently got a PR pitch that expressed admiration for a book I did not write and which does not exist. The firm had used ChatGPT. Beware of AI hallucinations, early adopters! nytimes.com/2023/05/01/busin…
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🚨 Four years after the final report on #MMIWG, the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls persists. We urgently need change. On #RedDressDay, let's stand in solidarity to honor the lives lost and demand justice.
globalnews.ca/news/9676209/r…
🤯 This is the rabbit hole I needed
This week @emilymbender joins @parismarx to discuss why large language models and tools like ChatGPT are not intelligent and the dangers of thinking they are.
In this clip, Emily explains why we want to believe there’s meaning in ChatGPT’s text.
Full ep: podcasts.apple.com/podcast/c…
Bookmarking for inspiration! 😍
Introducing the new global brand identity for @EASPORTS FC 🔥
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A huge moment for the studio to design & bring this to life. The new logo has been hiding in plain sight for the past 30 years. It's been embraced across clubs, fans & players. Here’s @Santandave1 to explain more.
Jenny Conway Fisher retweeted
Stock-photography memes are trivial to reproduce and parody with Midjourney. Take, for example, the legendary "woman laughing alone with salad."
What if there was ever more salad and the women were laughing ever harder and they were ever more alone? knowyourmeme.com/memes/women…
Nice work on the pre-filled post text!
I ❤️U @ArtButSports
“Can’t wait to hear @artbutsports’s #5WordSpeech 🤩! They’re in 2nd place, VOTE: wbby.co/31849N”
#Webbys